New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, March 1, 2011 · Verizon Center

NY IslandersIslandersAway

1–2

Final/OT

SOG 29–42

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 2-1 in overtime on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 42-29.

Goals came from Matt Moulson, Brooks Laich and Alex Ovechkin.

Michal Neuvirth made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Nathan Lawson stopped 40 of 42.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
NYI	0	1	0	0	1	29
WSH	0	0	1	1	2	42

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Matt Moulson (1)PA Parenteau (1), John Tavares (1)1–010:08 NYI

3rd period

Brooks Laich (1)Jason Arnott (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–119:12 WSH

OT period

Alex Ovechkin (1)John Carlson (1)1–201:55 WSH

Team stats

NYIWSH

29Shots on goal42

54%Faceoff %46%

0/4Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes8

12Hits26

19Blocked shots18

5Giveaways12

11Takeaways10

Penalties

1st 15:01John Erskine · interference2 min
2nd 00:47Mike Knuble · tripping2 min
2nd 12:08John Tavares · hooking2 min
3rd 07:19Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 13:19Nicklas Backstrom · holding2 min
3rd 16:11Nicklas Backstrom · holding2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

15PA ParenteauR	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	22:19
26Matt MoulsonL	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	18:45
91John TavaresC	0	1	1	+1	6	1	0	2	59	21:06
12Josh BaileyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	29	16:05
17Matt MartinL	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	08:24
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	75	19:08
28Zenon KonopkaC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	63	08:13
40Michael GrabnerR	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	–	20:05
51Frans NielsenC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	60	18:33
57Blake ComeauL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:48
59Micheal HaleyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100	03:50
81Justin DiBenedettoC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	12:46
6Ty WishartD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	14:21
8Bruno GervaisD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	17:00
36Travis HamonicD	0	0	0	-2	3	1	2	0	–	25:26
38Jack HillenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	23:20
47Andrew MacDonaldD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	–	28:42
71Mark KaticD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	09:52

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Al MontoyaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
52Nathan LawsonG	O	42	40	2	.952	61:52

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+2	8	1	0	0	100	17:52
21Brooks LaichL	1	0	1	+1	5	1	1	0	50	21:01
44Jason ArnottC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	29	16:19
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	0	–	20:41
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	09:06
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	65	12:41
18Marco SturmL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	25	12:46
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	4	100	17:23
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0	2	–	14:33
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	11:34
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	11:15
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	20:10
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	47	15:22
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	–	16:15
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	+2	3	4	2	0	–	26:44
23Scott HannanD	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	–	21:18
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	–	20:17
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:38

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	29	28	1	.966	61:40
40Todd FordG		0	0	0	–	00:00